Is Wayne County, GA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 379 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 1.2% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Wayne County, GA’s population grew by 10.3%.
+379
population change (2024 to 2025)
+1.2%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Wayne County, GA’s population increased 20 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2023 and 2024, when Wayne County, GA gained 713 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2014 and 2015 when there were 456 fewer residents.
Wayne County, GA gained 379 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Wayne County, GA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Wayne County, GA, with deaths exceeding births by 76.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Wayne County, GA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 50 more people coming from another country directly to Wayne County, GA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Wayne County, GA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 407 more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Wayne County, GA.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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